Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-20
n n MINING.

MINES AND MINING.
,..,on of Several Prospects Near Ell
.,..ou, That Make That Seem a Desir-
~. Place to Prospect.
nho following particulars were lenrned
Yesterday of operations in an VI n nohsa"'1s ,u
%yistrict eleven miles south OF E'l'ston' In
nesr Lodge county:
THE BULLION NINE,
xbich is the most prominent, was d'scov'
"D n the early days of the Territory. 1t
s,a nrs TO Helena parties, who, during the
V'. year, have erected hosting works.
p" are at present working a small force
i"v Init will increase the force az soon
.ho stations are cut and the levels on
900 On the surface the ore is base,
u" = continues SO to the bottom. 1t is
a ,ranite formation, OF which both hang
and foot wallis are composed. The
w., ia three feet thick and %two-thirds of it
"Ns.,bonate ore, going from 40 to 60 per
~ lead and from 100 to ESQ ouncesin sill.
The body becomes richer as depth
.'..tained. 81 Knave. the present Super
.'.andeut, has encountered and overcome
lp pS.t obstacles in bringing the mine to it's
ssish standard among Montana producers.
TELEGRAPH
about half a mile from the Bullion with
4hodv of ore of an arsenical character.
,,,ording 70 Cove, the ssaye at Helena,
sbo has been making assays and tests of
~. mine. it contains much tellurium.
S uI concentrated the sulphates mill
,,@o TO $50 per ton. At the bottom of
az "shaft the ore will concentrate so per |
unt BY the Krouse concentration, a re.
uV"tlv invented concentrating table, it be-
tsD the first Of its kind brought into use in
vi Territory. The inventor 10 the same
"sn who originated the idea of the air and
racuum stamp now being worked with
"cb success in Colorado. The owner of |
.se works thinks it will surpass the
.sent concentrating tables now so gen.
..nv in Use in this Territory. On this
'.onerty is a small Portland pulverizer
s gsf reduces about five tons per day. The
' = ;s ante easily crushed with their pres
Wv facilities. There is II N ore house at
.nobed 70 the mill where the ore isrun from
.Ss mine in cars and got at
h % teeding into the crusher cut, men being
%D!nt;nnally in attendance. The main cut
;;.tn the mine is about forty feet. At the
tacs the ledge is twenty feet thick, and it
ssems to be an inexhaustible body OF ore.
A. the end Of the open cut is the shaft,
nh;ch "a down ten feet below the bottom of
tho emf. and is still in the iron pyrites,
which is the original ore, being below water
,oueI This mine could have been sold a
number of times for a reasonable amount,
Init the owners have always demanded too
biab a figure for it for the amount OF devel-
opment done ON it. The owners at present
are Mr.. Seeman, OF Helena. who holds his
Ouethird interest at 100000. while the
| Mher two-thirds are owned by Riley Lewis,
IElliston, and John Ashby, OF Jefferson.
Sse surface adjoining these mines has been
mrked successfully for placers. and yields
veil as long as water lasts. |,
THE CARPENTER. I,
Three miles west of the Telegraph mine is
situated the Carpenter. A tunnel is in on
the ledge $50 feet, of which 100 is in first
class carbonate ore that will go 80 or 40
nr cent. lead and from twenty to 100
ounces in silver and some little gold. Work {
is suspended at present, but arrangements !
are being made to start up again on a more
extensive scale. The work OF drifting will
be first commenced, so AS to encounter the
main chute of ore. Good ore was run
through to the present extent OF the drift
and ore still continues, but of a low grade. I
From prospecting done on the surface the
owners are led to believe that they WILSON G
encount, r the same chute of ore they had !
previously run through. The ledge is five .
feet in thickness or will average about that. !
Alarge amount has been offered Messrs. e
'arpenter and Snedeker, but they have re- ]
fused the offer, satisfied that the mine is 1
sufficient to supply them with the necessar- 8
les OF life as long as they are likely to need !
them. &
THE LITTLE NELLIE LODE, :
adjoins the Carpenter on the west, but ia .
as yet uudeveoped. In one place on the c
claim, not over four feet in depth, it shows |
fnecarbonateore. 1t is owned by Butte par =
ties, who are greatly enthused over it. q
Work Of develOpment will be commenced !;
hOrtly under the supervision of r. Robin. :
ION. Jasper Conner, one of the owners OF @
The above property, arrived yesterday !,
morning from the r. st, and will accom-
Eny Mr.. Robinson to the mine. 4,
ANOTHER v
There is another mine situated in the +,
same district, of which our informant =
could not remember the name. 1t lies
south Of OKeefe mountain and was dis r
covered a year ago this spring. The shaft e
IA Nnurp frrn. g. e@~4 - 10
fdge matter three feet in thickness. which y
will average about $50 gold free.milling .
ore. The owners are poor men and are I
working the mine with their own limited y
means. They place snch an ~extravagant .
estimate upon it that it would take q for =
tune to purchase it from them. z
NIGER III
and Wild Aggle nave been producing some
good ore. Burns e. Martin, merchants of ,
~thston, own them. They have had a b
man out prospecting for them. Now and a
thsn he can be seen coming into town with 7
lafty or forty dollars pounded out in a h
1nd mortar, the proceeds of his prospects =
olnng the week. No Information could be =
smed as to the extent Of the lead or the T
aOO'efnamed parties intentions, though r
ve may look for something startling from :
tnat quarter. :
u Between seven md eight miles enst OF :,
laSton George Mack and Thomas Young q
%Ser made a discovery in the same local -
was the Burns & Martin find spoken OF r
Aa people iu EIliston are discussing it as J.
ssnethlng rich and are being excited by :
Ssfapldity with which these new strikes y
1--WE been reported. =
THE M'DoNALD NINE I
@~fecently bonded to Eastern capitalists
10000. The bond was not taken up,
we ore found as they wen down failed
some up to the quality OF that on the 8
"ace, on the strength of which the bond h
sgven. Prospects have frightened, and !.
S%oe now being got out is improving as y
s s! 90 down. 1t is being worked at pres Q
Ny w William Logan. A good deal OF v
aa'sf mining is being done by it's owners i
=, ~ 'ne surface of the Mcdonald, but will b
, M nave to stop for want OF water,
ny Is a scarce article here.
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